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Well, after nearly 18 months of saving and starving I have at last finished building my RV8. The bores had honing marks so the pistons etc were good but just about everything else was shot. So decided to do a bit of mild tuning while I was at it. Fully gas flowed 3.9 heads, waisted vittesse valves, piper 285 ultimate road cam, double valve springs, new cam bearings/big ends/mains and crank re-ground, new timing chain with steel gears, drilled the little holes in the block to help lubrication. It's a carb engine so polished the dash pots and the rocker covers (by hand) then painted the rest yellow, to match the car. Will be doing the mods to the carbs at a later date. Just got to hope I put it together right.

Pics pics pics.

Chris.

Hopefully this will work. If not it's now in my photobucket pics

Seems to be something up with your camera. The grey paint looks a bit yellow here.

DaveEFI wrote:Seems to be something up with your camera. The grey paint looks a bit yellow here.

I was going for a subtle inconspicuois colour.

marcjagman wrote:I was going for a subtle inconspicuois colour.

Result!!

Is that powder coated or hand painted? I had an MX5 the same colour years ago, had to sell it as people questioned my sexuality

Phil

Hand painted, and I'm secure enough in my sexuality........and very large and scarry looking enough for people not to ask.

If that engine is the same colour as the car its gonna look so cool when you lift the engine cover

Just about the same colour as the bodywork.

Those photos have given me added determination to crack on with mine and whilst waiting for a wrench to budge the obstinate crankshaft pulley bolt I spent an enjoyable couple of hours last night with the water pump housing, a bottle of Gunk and a brillo pad. Bliss....
Great job with your motor!

The worst part is when you start, thpughts of what have I started, will it never end and so on go through your mind. The best part is the first bit of paint going on because then you know the hard bit is done.

marcjagman wrote:The worst part is when you start, thpughts of what have I started, will it never end and so on go through your mind.

That's kind of where I've been for at least a year! I love the look you've achieved though, very swish! It inspires me to get on with mine, except being a soap dodging student I have no money
The rocker covers are a particularly nice touch, the painted grooves and polished ridges and sides is how I want to do mine so it's nice to see how they look in advance, and they look goooooood!!

James

daxtojeiro wrote:Is that powder coated or hand painted? I had an MX5 the same colour years ago, had to sell it as people questioned my sexuality

Phil

They are still questioning your sexuality darling!

Cavman wrote:

marcjagman wrote:The worst part is when you start, thpughts of what have I started, will it never end and so on go through your mind.

That's kind of where I've been for at least a year! I love the look you've achieved though, very swish! It inspires me to get on with mine, except being a soap dodging student I have no money
The rocker covers are a particularly nice touch, the painted grooves and polished ridges and sides is how I want to do mine so it's nice to see how they look in advance, and they look goooooood!!

James

I'm a carer on £54/week so just save when you can, but a bit when you can then when you have enough bits build your engine.